Colorado propaganda in power inquiry exposes utility campaign
Federal Trade Commission hearins reveal utilities in Colorado used training schools and unsigned letters to sway public opinion in schools colleges and newspapers. Denver and Pueblo utilities ran programs to train speakers while the Rocky Mountain division of the National Electric Light Association and its women’s committee promoted pro utility messages to mold the public mind. The study notes repeated attacks on municipal ownership and opposition to Boulder Dam and Muscle Shoals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Owen
United Press
Washington
Federal Trade Commision
Colorado
Rocky Mountain Committee On Public Utilities
Denver
Pueblo
Colo
George E. Lewis
Rocky Mountain
National Electric Light Association
Boulder Dam
Muscle Shoals
Dictator Chang Tso Ling flees Pekin amid quiet departure
Chang Tso Ling leaves Pekin after five years of rule as Nationalist forces threaten the capital. He rides through the streets in an armored car and departs with an interim government in place. Generals Chang Hsue Hsiang and Yang Yu Ting pull back thirty miles south to seek peace with southern Nationalist troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. C
Yang Yu Ting
Chang Tso-Lin
Pekin
Bomb Attack on Chang Tso Lin Train Injures Warlord
In Mukden today a bomb exploded on Chang Tso Lin s special train injuring the warlord and several aides while guards fought back. Two nationalist spies were killed by Japanese troops aiding in restoring order. Several officials including Governor Wu and Major Giga were among the wounded.
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United Press
Mukden
China
Manchuria
Chang Tso Lin
North China
Chang
Wu Chun Sheng
Heilun Kiang
Giga
Pekin
Lao To
Kao
Pekin-Mukden
Ally Sun Chuan Fang resigns from Shantung and Chihli units
Sun Chuan Fang, ally of Chang Tso Ling, resigns command of the Shantung and Chihli armies. Chang Chung Chung remains. Chang's army reportedly routed and fleeing. Sun withdraws from his Tientsin HQ as foreign forces hold defensive lines near the foreign quarters while Chinese seek refuge there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Shanghai
Sun Chuan- Fang
Chang Tso-Lin
Shantung
Chihli
Sun
Chang Chung-Chung
Chang
Tientsin
Man held for murder after fatal stabbing brawl
Police hold 47 year old Andrew Reecer of 718 Lord St on a murder charge for the stabbing death of 28 year old William Stafford. Stafford was found in the street at Louisiana and Noble Streets after a night at Miss Sylvia Gregory’s home. Reecer admitted the stabbing and said he drove Everett Cross to Miss Gregory’s home before the incident.
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Andrew Reecer
William Stafford
Lord St
Birch St
Stafford
Louisiana and Noble Sts
Sylvia Gregory
Cincinnati St
Reecer
Thomas Mitch
S. Alabama St
Everett Cross
Miss Gregory
Cross
Bandit Loot Totaled 1700 in Weekend Raids
Bandits and burglars net about 1700 in six hold ups and several burglaries over the weekend. Two burglars were arrested and two tire thieves were driven off by a patrolman fire from his gun. A lone Negro bandit robbed a filling station and a street car crew Sunday night, with multiple victims named across the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Doom
Tenth St
Indiana Ave
Fourteenth and West Sts
Charles Riddle
W. Twenty- First St
Senate Ave
Bedford man arrested in liquor quarrel shooting case in Leesville
Enis Bingham of Bloomington is jailed in Lawrence County charged with shooting Lewis Owens after a dispute over liquor at Leesville. Police found dice cards and women's clothing in a suitcase in Bingham's hotel room. Owens expected to recover.
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United Press
Bedford
Ind
Enis Bingham
Bloomington
Lawrence County
Lewis Owens
Leesville
Bingham
Owens
Problems of Unwed Mother Highlight Florence Crittenden Forum
The two day Florence Crittenden conference opened at the Marott Hotel with focus on restoring mental outlook for unwed mothers. Delegates from across the country heard speakers on causes and remedies, while noting 65 Crittenton homes aided 2,500 unmarried mothers and 1,800 babies last year. The Indianapolis home dates to 1912 at 2044 N. Illinois St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Crittenden
Marott Hotel
Albert R. Coffin
Crittenden Home
L. Ert Slack
Ada E. Schweitzer
Indiana State Board of Health Child Hygiene Department
Alva H. Taylor
The
Disciples of Christ
Crittenton
Robert S. Barrett
Alexandria
Diplomas to Teachers at Indianapolis College Commencement
Teachers College of Indianapolis will hold commencement exercises Thursday at 10 a.m. in the Cadle Tabernacle followed by an alumni luncheon at the Claypool at 2 p.m. Graduates will hold Class Day exercises at 2 p.m. Tuesday. Dr Homer P Rainey president of Franklin College gave the baccalaureate sermon Sunday at Broadway M E Church.
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Teachers’ College of Indianapolis
Cadle Tabernacle
Claypool
Homer P. Rainey
Franklin College
Broadway M.E
Old Targets and Flaming Youth Theme at Graduation Talks
At Washington June 4 Chancellor Lucius Co. Clark of American University urged protection of youth in war by enlisting only men over 50. He argued flaming youth is needed and that older men make poorer targets, while naval cadets at Annapolis heard Captain Evans call for peace and order as the U.S. faces international scrutiny.
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United Preas Ashington
Lucius Co. Clark
American University
Clark
Hoosier Republicans to Attend National Convention Trip
About 200 to 300 Hoosier Republicans will travel by special train to the National Republican convention leaving Sunday, June 10 at 3 p.m. from Indiana. Harry C. Fenton will oversee arrangements. Delegates will be housed at the President Hotel with Senator James E. Watson as headquarters, and other Hoosiers at Holland House, the Valentine, Bray and Chatham hotels. The Indiana special arrives in Kansas City Monday, June 11 at 7:30 a.m.
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Kansas City
Harry C. Fenton
Republican State Committee
Indiana
James E. Watson
Holland House
Valentine
Bray
Chatham
Five Radium Victims Reach Settlement in Damages Suit
In Newark New Jersey five young women suing the United States Radium Corporation for 1 250 000 reach a probable settlement. Judge William Clark mediates aiming to finalize this afternoon. Each woman would receive 10 000 cash 600 yearly pension 6 000 yearly medical expense support and 2 000 to cover past medical bills.
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United Press
Newark
N. J
United States Radium Corporation
William Clark
Clark
Indianapolis pastors elect new ministerial association leaders
Dr Leonard C Trent pastor of Woodruff Place Baptist named president at Roberts Park M E church closing meeting. Rev Edmond Kerlin named vice president and Rev E W Welch secretary treasurer. Executive committee includes Elmer Jones George Arthur Krantz Floyd Van Keuren William I Caughran Homer Boblitt Elden Mills R H Denting Roscoe Parr and Col Andrew J Dougherty. Prof Harris F Ball spoke on church problems and citizen military training camps.
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Leonard C. Trent
Woodruff Place Baptist Church
Indianapolis Ministerial Association
Roberts Park M. E
Edmond Kerlin
First Evangelical Church
E. W. Welch
Woodruff Place
First Presbyterian Church
Floyd van Keuren
Christ Episcopal Church
William I. Caughran
First Congregational Church
Homer C. Boblitt
Linwood Christian Church
Elden H. Mills
First Friends Church
R. H. Denting
St. Mark’s United Lutheran Church
Roscoe
Andrew J. Dougherty
Harris F. Ball
Garrett Biblical Institute
Indiana Physicians Lead at National Medical Association Parley
Indiana doctors take key roles at the 58th annual National Electric Medical Association session in Lexington Kentucky from June 19 to 22. Dr J M Billman Sullivan serves as first vice president and on the finance and arrangements committees with Dr William Best Indianapolis recording secretary and others from Fort Wayne Shelbyville and Linton filling committee positions.
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Indiana
National Electric Medical Association
Lexington
J. M. Billman
Sullivan
William Best
Indianapolis
O.S. Coffin
J. E. Holman
F. L. Holman
Billman
J. W. Bowers
Ft. Wayne
M. Harrod
Paul Tindall
Shelbyville
George C. Porter
Linton
Fr. Wayne
Dr. Bowers
Scouts Win Field Meet in Ellenberger Park Charlestown
Scouts from Irvington Presbyterian Troop 3 won first place in the Pioneer district field meet at Ellenberger Park. Irvington M E Church Troop 9 placed second, while Downey Avenue Christian Church Troop 19 finished third.
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Boy Scouts
Irvington Presbyterian Church
Ellenberger Park
Pioneer District
Irvington M. E. Church
Downey Avenue Christian Church
Two Die As City Auto Wrecks In Weekend Toll
A weekend traffic toll left two dead and a dozen others injured in Indianapolis. Lewis Bade 63 of 1902 Woodlawn Ave died at City hospital from injuries after being struck by a machine driven by Charles Smith 1555 Comer Ave. Smith faces involuntary manslaughter charges. Clifford West 23 Negro died from skull injuries after a collision at 62nd St and Allisonville Rd. Dolphus Whitesell 20 of 2737 Ashland Ave was charged with involuntary manslaughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis A. Bade
Woodlawn Ave
Gansberg-Shirk Lumber Company
City Hospital
Charles Smith
Comer Ave
Smith
Bade
Clifford West
Sixty-Second St
Allisonville Rd
Dolphus Whitesell
Ashland Ave
Whitesell
Gladis Doyle
E. Twenty-Eighth St
Stolen Automobiles Listed by Owners and Models
A list of vehicles reported stolen to police names owners, addresses, and car models including Ford, Chevrolet, Buick, and Chrysler entries. Locations cover Noblesville, Essex, Nash, Hudson, Diana, Westfield, Frankfort and others with street intersections and license numbers where given. The compilation names twelve owners such as William Blue, Dewey Dean, S W Lloyd, C P Stapleton, Wilson Marvel, H Cohen, E E Jones, Ellis H Scales, J H McDougal, Arthur Laakman, Douglass Berry, and Ben Wright.
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William Blue
Noblesville
Ind
Ford
Broadway
Dewey Dean
Station St
Chevrolet
South St. S
W. Lloyd
E. Sixty-Fourth St
Essex
Washington St
Senate Ave
C. P. Stapleton
College Ave
Buick
Twenty-Eighth St
Central Ave
Wilson Marvel
Graham Ave
Nash
Indiana Teatre
H. Cohen
S. Illinois St
Hudson
Illinois St
E. E. Jones
E. Eleventh St
Diana
E. Pratt
Ellis H. Scales
Hadley St
Chrysler
J. H. McDougal
N. Meridian St
Vermont
Meridian Sts
Arthur Laakman
High St
Wilkins
Back Home Again Automobiles Found in Various Cities
Ayless Eldridge reports a Willys-Knight found at Thirtieth St and Kenwood Ave in Wilmette. Heaske Benjamin Co lists a Ford found at Twenty Fifth and Alabama in Oakland. An Oakland license 1678 344 is tied to Parry Ave and Kingan bridge. A Chevrolet coupe with no license or title was found at Davidson and Market. Ford 642 652 found at 325 E Market St. Granville Graham of Jasper Indiana reports a Ford found at Michigan and Roanoke Sts.
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Ayless Eldridge
McCarty
Willys-Knight
Thirtieth St
Kenwood Ave
Heaske-Benjamin Company
Washington St
Ford
Twenty-Fifth
Alabama Sts
Oakland
California
Parry Ave
Kingan Company
Chevrolet
Davidson and
Market Sts
E. Market St
Granville Graham
Jasper
Ind
Michigan and
Roanoke Sts
Psychic Dr Horace Leaf to Speak at State Spiritualists Meet
Dr Horace Leaf renowned psychologist and lecturer will address the State Spiritualist Association convention at the Claypool this evening A seance will follow with Rhoda Clark Ida Bishop Ruth Bennett and Daisy McNeely as message receivers About 450 members from across Indiana attend the session today including morning business and afternoon reports
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Horace Leaf
London
England
State Spiritualist Association
Claypool
B. F. Clark
State Association
Leaf
Rhoda Clark
Ida Bishop
Ruth Bennett
Daisy McNeely
Dr. Leaf
Indiana
Indiana Woman Goes On Trial For Murder
Miss Marguerite Bumbaugh of Warsaw Ind faces murder charges in Berien County Michigan for the March 30 shooting of Walter H. Cook a 45 year old Niles basket manufacturer. Her brothers Judd and Harry also charged. Defense will cite temporary insanity. Spectator limit set for under 15.
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ST. Joseph
Mich
Marguerite Bumbaugh
Warsaw
Ind
Berrien
Walter H. Cook
Niles
Judd Bumbaugh
Harry Bumbaugh
Elkhart
Cook
Bumbaugh
Aged Farmer Dies in East Vincenne Fire
Alexander Reel an 80 year old farmer died in a fire that destroyed his home east of Vincennes Indiana. His body was found by volunteer firefighters and coroner N E Beckes is investigating the blaze.
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United Press
Vincennes
Ind
Alexander Reel
Here
N. E. Beckes
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J. C. Arthur
Purdue University Agricultural Experiment Station
Coolidge
Esme Howard
President Coolidge
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N. Talbott Ave
Standard Oil Company
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Capitol Ave
Chester Ryan
Storm Ave
Blake and
Michigan Sts
William Tucker
E. St. Clair St
Standard
Tucker
Lewis Fries
Douglass St
Fries
Thomas McCormck
Standard Paving Company
Twenty-Fifth St
Belt Railroad
Harry Sebel
Sebel
Patrick O'Connor
Riley Hospital
Nellie Seegood
Cambridge Apartments
William Eyester
Ruckle St
B. E. Dixon
W. Thirtieth St
la Monica
Northwestern Ave
Ralph Hobson
New York City
William Eckstein
Silver Ave
Eckstein
Fish
Republican
New York
Terre Haute
Jim Foley
Taylorville
Joe Neal
Hymera
Foley
Neal
Thea
Wall Street
Thea Raasche
Berlin
Miss Raasche
Ulrich Koenemann
A. Brooks
Fargo
N. D
Woodstock Country Club
All Souls Unitarian Church
National
Judge
Physicians OF State
Ee ‘Veader
Washington & Delaware
Shake
Ben Gitlow
William Z. Foster
Communist Workers’ Party
Hart
Hallie Donahey
Meridian St
Bridgeport
Michigan St
Charles Duncan
Negro
Miley Ave
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Red Winkler
Greer
Douglass Berry
Westfield
North St
Ben Wright
Frankfort
Ohio St
Michigan Court
Victor
Weath
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